Parkour and Freerunning

What's the Difference? Some argue they're the same. Some argue that they're different. It all depends on your viewpoint! It is the argument that has been ongoing since the BBC Documentary, Jump London, where Sébastien Foucan invented the term "freerunning" for english-speaking viewers.

Semantically, they're different because modern use declares them to be different. Parkour being about efficiency and practicality. Freerunning being about freedom and creativity.

Historically, they come from the same people and the same practice. A name that Sébastien Foucan also invented, L'Art du Déplacement (Art of Movement). The differences stemming only from the separate reasons the earliest practitioners had for training.

He knows I'm into parkour but I've injured my wrist quite badly and pretty much had to choose between parkour or my love for playing music. I've chosen music in the hope that maybe my wrist will eventually heal enough that I can practice parkour again one day.

I love this game so much just because of how much parkour it uses. I actually said it should be renamed Parkour: The Game.

What does that mean? I can see what you mean by perhaps leaping into hay bails and surviving insane drops with barely a scratch but apart from that it is mainly Parkour, with Martial-Arts and sword play used for combat.

Assassin's Creed has the strides and precisions right, and Mirror's Edge has vaulting (except for kongs) done right... What we need is a mash up of the two, with the level of control and required skill of Mirror's Edge.